Climate Change: Challenge & Opprotunity
Event details
| Date | 11.04.2013 |
| Hour | 17:15 › 18:30 |
| Speaker |
Professor Dame Julia King Bio: Professor Julia King is Vice-Chancellor at Aston University – one of the UKs leading Universities. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in natural sciences in 1972, followed by a PhD in 1978. Her notable and diverse career has ranged from academia to holding key positions in top corporations. After lectureships at the University of Nottingham and the University of Cambridge, she joined Rolls Royce in 1994 where she advanced to Director of Engineering and Technology for Rolls Royce Marine Business. She became chief executive of the Institute of Physics in 2002. In 2004 she was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London, and in 2006 took up the post as Vice Chancellor at Aston University. Julia King is regularly called upon to advise Government on education and technology issues. She is a non-executive director of the Department for Business Innovation & Skills and a member of the Committee on Climate Change. In November 2010 she was appointed by the Prime Minister as the UK’s Low Carbon Business Ambassador. Amongst many honours, she is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Liveryman of the Goldsmiths Company. In 2012, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to higher education and technology. |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Erna Hamburger Distinguished Lectures Series, presentations to be made by Prof. Gillet and Prof. Scrivener
The Erna Hamburger distinguished lecture series features women in science and engineering who have greatly influenced and shaped their respective fields and environments and who have earned the highest respect from their peers. The EPFL-WISH (Women in Science and Humanities) Foundation invites such distinguished personalities to acknowledge their accomplishments and with the hope that they will inspire future generations of researchers.
The Erna Hamburger distinguished lecture series features women in science and engineering who have greatly influenced and shaped their respective fields and environments and who have earned the highest respect from their peers. The EPFL-WISH (Women in Science and Humanities) Foundation invites such distinguished personalities to acknowledge their accomplishments and with the hope that they will inspire future generations of researchers.
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- General public
- Free
Organizer
- Aude Billard <[email protected]>
Contact
- Aude Billard <[email protected]>